Background
Anderson, Victor Vance was born on December 26, 1879 in Barbourville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Ballinger and Flora (Herndon) Anderson.
Doctor of Medicine psychiatrist
Anderson, Victor Vance was born on December 26, 1879 in Barbourville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Ballinger and Flora (Herndon) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts, Union College, Barbourville, 1898. Doctor of Medicine, University of Louisville, 1903. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1916; Doctor of Laws, Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky, 1935.
Married second, Margaret Cavender, 1930. In practice, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1904-1911. Research at Harvard, 1911-1912.
Physician Psychopathic Hospital, Boston, 1912-1913.
Psychiatrist and medical director Municipal Court, Boston, 1913-1918. Scientific advisor New York Prison Committee, 1918-1919.
Associate medical director National Committee for Mental Hygiene, 1919-1924. Psychiatrist and director of medical research, R. H. Macy & Company, 1924-1930.
Director Anderson School, Staatsburg, New New York Directed work of National Committee for Mental Hygiene in organization and demonstration of child guidance clinics throughout United States.
Directed and wrote official reports of mental deficiency surveys of Georgia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, mental hygiene surveys Maryland, South Carolina., Kentucky, Missouri and City of Cincinnati, study of criminal and delinquency problems in Saint Louis and study of jails in New York state.
Fellow American Academy of Child Psychiatry. Member American Psychiatric Association, National Committee for Mental Hygiene, American Medical Association, National Education Association, Progressive Education Association, American Orthopsychiatric Association, American Psychopathological assosiation, New York State Medical Society, New York Neurological Society, New York Psychiatric Association.
Married Clara Beaumont, 1906 (died 1928). Married second, Margaret Cavender, 1930.